A mile and a half up in the
High Sierra Mountains in California sits a Lake named after escaped convicts.

Nevada State Penitentiary at Carson City

Convict Lake was named after
a group of six convicts that escaped from the Nevada State Penitentiary in
September of 1871. Twenty-nine men convicted of stagecoach and train robberies
escaped this prison in the Nevada desert and headed west. They crossed the
border into California.

This group of convicts split
up and headed into the High Sierras, which was not a wise decision for the
first snowfalls in late September were already hitting these mountains.

Convict Lake

Six men from this group
headed south toward the lake that is now named after them. They found themselves
without shelter or supplies.

Along the trail they
encountered a local mailman, William Poor. Poor immediately recognized them
from the wanted posters in his office. The convicts seeing the fear in his eyes
killed him in cold blood.

When word about this murder
reached the locals they became enraged and formed a posse. On September 24th
they found the convicts’ hideout near the lake. A bloody gun battle ensued.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Morrison was killed.

When the fight was over three
men were taken into custody, the other three escaped further into the mountains
and died of exposure. Two of the men captured were hanged the third man who had
testified against the other two convicts was returned to prison. He was stabbed
and killed by fellow prisoners for being a snitch.

Ever since, three ghosts have been seen near this lake. Two wear nooses around their necks the third has a knife
sticking out of his back—it is believed he was the one who was the informer.

All three ghosts are seen
covered in snow with icicles hanging from their eyebrows. Witnesses state these
men have “lifeless” eyes.

These three ghosts are seen
near Convict Lake year round but they are seen more often in the fall months.
Locals and fishermen state that the trout in this lake do not bite when these
ghosts are seen.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

The deceased English actor
Bob Hoskins believed a ghost he encountered as a teen brought him good luck in
his life.

At the age of 15 Hoskins left
school—where beatings were the norm—his teachers tied his left hand to a chair
to try and force him to write with his right hand.

He worked at Covent Garden as a porter in the late 1950s. This area, located in central London, was used
up until the late 1960s as a thriving fruit and vegetable market. With traffic
congestion this market was moved in 1974 to an area 3 miles southwest of Covent
Garden.

Porter in Covent Garden

Hoskins worked in a shop where
the fuses often blew. He would go down in the basement to fix them.

On two occasions he
encountered what he describes as a beautiful female ghost.

The first time he encountered
her, he was frightened but he could not help but notice her lovely face and
hands.

The second time he
encountered her she was a mere two feet away from him. He rushed upstairs to
tell the owner of the shop what he had seen. His boss, an older man, was not
surprised.

He told the excited teen,
“Oh, you’ve seen one of the nuns.” He went on to explain that where the shop
stood was once a convent.

Starting in 1200 part of
Covent Garden was walled off for Westminster Abby. At that time it was known as
“the Garden of the Abby and Convent.”

His boss then told Hoskins he
was in luck for according to a local superstition everyone who saw one of these
nuns had “a lucky life.”

Later, Hoskins became famous
in America for playing opposite animated characters in the film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Hetold a
reporter for Spin magazine in 1989
that his life had indeed been lucky.

Friday, July 8, 2016

In 1934, witnesses one night
saw just after midnight a car mysteriously swerve off a London street and hit a
wall head-on. The car broke into flames and the driver was killed.

At a later inquest, witnesses
expressed puzzlement as to why this car did this. They stated the driver
appeared to be trying to avoid hitting something but they did not know what.

Other witnesses came forward
with an odd explanation. They also saw the car swerve off the road just past
the intersection but they saw the reason why.

They claimed to see a red
double-decker bus with the number “7” on its side careening straight
for the car at which point the car then swerved into the building. They said as this bus
continued down the street it just mysteriously vanished.

Besides the odd fact this bus
just vanished, the fact witnesses saw it at this hour was strange for London
buses do not run this late. It was also pointed out that no buses in the city
in 1934 were labeled with just the number 7.

After this first sighting,
others came forward to state they saw this bus at the same intersection for
the next 56 years.

This red double-decker was seen causing road accidents around 1:15 a.m. in the morning. It was
always seen traveling in the middle of the street heading toward the
intersection at a break neck speed.

Witnesses reported seeing the
number 7 on its side as well as the word “General,” the name of a bus line that
stopped running in 1933 the year before the first accident.

The witnesses all reported
seeing cars desperately trying to avoid being hit by this mysterious bus. They reported the drivers often just barely missed hitting the sides of
buildings or lampposts as they swerved out of the way. Several drivers
sustained minor injuries in these accidents.

Most of these reports
included the fact these witnesses saw the buses' interior lights shining brightly on both levels but there were no passengers on this bus. Even more strange drivers in the cars that
had to avoid hitting this bus mentioned that as this out of control bus passed
it then just disappeared.

The last report of
this phantom bus was given in 1990. In this same year the decision was made to
straighten the deadly curve that led up to this intersection. Since then there have
been no more unusual sightings reported.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Ghosts often return to
resolve unfinished business. The following account I read several years ago in
an old newspaper article. It told the story of a deceased coal miner who
returned as a ghost for a good reason.

This story took place in the
1920s. A coal mine located on the West Virginia border experienced an
explosion. Several men were killed, a few lucky ones survived.

All the bodies of the dead
were recovered except one. This body belonged to a miner by the name of Frank
Cooper.

Most mine company's at that time had
an unfair policy. If the body of a miner was not found they stated they were
under no obligation to compensate that miner’s family for their loss.

In this instance, it meant
extra hardship for Frank Cooper’s wife and his six children. The owners of the
mine went as far as to state that there was no proof Cooper had been in the
mine at the time of the explosion—even though the survivors knew he had been.

To guarantee they would not
have to pay anything to his wife the owners stated that Cooper had apparently
just abandoned his family.

Explosions at mines were a
common occurrence.

After the explosion,
management asked for volunteers to go down into section five where the
explosion occurred to clear debris and shore up the ceiling with new beams. No
one wanted to do this dangerous job but finally one miner named Louis stepped
forward.

Once Louie reached the
deepest part of this section of the mine and began to work he heard strange
noises. He turned around to see a dark figure directly behind him.

At first he thought with
relief that this was another miner who had a change of heart and had come to
help him. Louie noted the other man had an unusual appearance. He was gaunt and
extremely pale. Where his eyes should be Louie could only make out two sunken
holes.

As Louie turned back to
digging away some loose debris the other man commanded he stop. “No, not there.
Over here!” Louie now confused complied anyway. He took his shovel and began
working in the spot the other man had indicated.

It wasn’t long before he
spotted a foot sticking out of the slag, then a whole body. He turned around to
show the other miner what he discovered only to find he had vanished.

That night Louis was awakened
by a knock on his door. When he answered it he saw the same mysterious man from
the mine standing there. Before he could say anything the strange fellow said,
“Thank you. Now I can rest and my family will be cared for.”

The figure then faded away
right in front of Louie.

The next morning back at work
Louie was told that the body he had found the day before was Frank Cooper.